Camming devices

Black Diamond · Camalots and Camalot Ultralights

Hobby/sports equipmentInjuries

Country of origin: United States
Notifying country: Austria
Counterfeit: No

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Requirements breached

In a very high percentage of the products, it is possible that the axles of the camming devices are not correctly riveted. This could result in the camming device not being fully resilient or falling apart when used. As a consequence, the climber could fall from a height and sustain serious or fatal injuries. The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive.

Measures taken

Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 13 April 2016

Product

Description: Spring-loaded camming devices used for rock climbing.
Brand: Black Diamond
Model / type: Camalot Ultralights of all sizes manufactured between 10 November 2015 and 4 March 2016 and with a production code of between 5309 and 6061.Camalots of all sizes which were manufactured between 18 May 2015 and 9 March 2016 and have a production code of between 5133 and 6067.
Batch: CAMALOT ULTRALIGHTS: Size / Style Number: .3 262103 .4 262104 .5 262105 .75 262107 #1 262110 #2 262120 #3 262130 #4 262140 #5 262150 #6 262160CAMALOT: Size / Style Number: .4 262164 .5 262165 .75 262167 #1 262171 #2 262172 #3 262173 #4 262174

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number: A12/0595/16 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2016-020
Published: 11 May 2016
Corrigendum: 1) Notification A12/0165/16, published in Web Report-2016-007, has been modified further to additional information on the risk (NEW number: A11/0051/16). 2) Following a reassessment by the notifying authority, the risk level for the notification A12/1758/15 in Report 2016-001 has been changed. The notification is now published in the same report as A11/0049/16 in the section on products posing "Other risk levels".

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